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Turkey bird flu region still wary
Found on 08 Mar 2006 20:50 GMT
Villagers in the Dogubeyazit region of Turkey - the heart of January's bird flu outbreak - are taking measures to prevent its return.

Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 7
Found on 30 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
A WHO collaborating laboratory in the United Kingdom has now confirmed 12 of the 21 cases of H5N1 avian influenza previously announced by the Turkish Ministry of Health. All four fatalities are among the 12 confirmed cases.

Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 6
Found on 18 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
Laboratory tests conducted at Turkey's national influenza centre in Ankara have confirmed an additional case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case is a 4-year-old boy from the district of Dogubayazit in Agri Province in the eastern part of the country. An outbreak in poultry began in the district in December 2005. The child developed symptoms on 5 January and was hosp...

Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 5
Found on 16 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
Laboratory tests conducted at Turkey's national influenza centre in Ankara have confirmed two additional cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The first newly confirmed case is a five-year-old boy from the district of Dogubayazit in Agri Province in the eastern part of the country. He remains hospitalized in a stable condition.

Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 4 Sequencing of human virus
Found on 12 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
Laboratory tests conducted in Turkey have confirmed detection of the H5 subtype of avian influenza virus in samples from an additional two patients. The patients are residents of Sanliurfa Province, near the southern border with Syria, and Siirt Province, which is adjacent to Van in the eastern part of the country. Human cases have now been reported from nine of the country's 81 provinces.

Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 3
Found on 10 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
Tests conducted in Turkish laboratories have confirmed the country's 15th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The patient is a 37-year-old woman with a history of exposure to diseased chickens. She resides in the central province of Sivas, the seventh province to report cases. Although no poultry outbreaks have been officially reported in this province, it is located ne...

Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 2
Found on 09 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
Laboratory tests conducted in Turkey have confirmed detection of the H5 subtype of avian influenza virus in samples from an additional 10 patients. Five of these cases were announced by the Ministry of Health yesterday and an additional five were announced today. Most patients are children and all have been hospitalized for treatment and evaluation.

Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update
Found on 07 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
The Ministry of Health in Turkey has confirmed an additional two cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Both cases are children, aged five and eight years, and both are hospitalized. This brings the total number of laboratory confirmed cases in Turkey to four. Two of these cases were fatal.

Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey
Found on 05 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
The Ministry of Health in Turkey has confirmed its first two cases of human infection with avian influenza caused by the H5 virus subtype. Both cases were fatal. The first case was a 14-year-old boy from the rural district of Dogubayazit, in the eastern province of Agri, which borders the Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia. He was hospitalized in Van Province on 1 January and died the same da...

Turkey, Romania slaughter poultry as precaution against suspected bird flu
C. ONUR ANT, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 10-10-2005 Dateline: ISTANBUL, Turkey Turkey and Romania culled thousands of birds Monday as a precaution after preliminary findings of bird flu in their flocks of domestic fowl. Their neighbors, meanwhile, banned poultry imports from the two

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EU welcomes Turkey's "effective moves" against bird flu
EU welcomes Turkey's "effective moves" against bird flu ANKARA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) - The European Union (EU) welcomed Turkey's fast and effective moves against bird flu, an EU official said here on Thursday. Markos Kyprianou, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, made the remarks

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EU: Turkey bird flu is fatal strain
BRUSSELS: A strain of bird flu found in Turkey has been identified as the same deadly type that hit Asia, the European Commission said yesterday, as fears rose of the virus spreading into Europe. Romania also said it had detected bird flu in three ducks that died last week although it was unclear

Publication: China Daily

Writethru: Girl dies of bird flu in Turkey
Writethru: Girl dies of bird flu in Turkey ANKARA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) - A 12-year-old girl died of the killer H5N1 bird flu virus in Turkey on Sunday, the National Coordination Center for Bird Flu confirmed on Monday. The total number of people who contracted the killer virus in Turkey rose to 20,

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Turkey on alert of bird flu
Turkey on alert of bird flu ANKARA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) - A Turkish official said on Tuesday that bird flu cases may be reported in other parts of Turkey, most probably in wetlands, besides the Manyas region in northwestern Balikesir province, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. "We must

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Suspected bird flu cases in Turkey reaches 32; labs confirm it in teenagers w...
BENJAMIN HARVEY, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 01-07-2006 Dateline: DOGUBAYAZIT, Turkey The number of suspected bird flu cases in humans reached at least 32 in Turkey Saturday, while the U.N. health agency confirmed at least two patients _ a brother and sister who died _ tested positive

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Turkey takes measures to prevent spread of bird flu
Turkey takes measures to prevent spread of bird flu ANKARA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) - With an outbreak of bird flu in northwestern Turkey, the local government has taken precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the disease, the semi-official Anatolia News Agency reported on Monday. Halil Yavuz

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Writethru: Third child dies of bird flu in eastern Turkey
Writethru: Third child dies of bird flu in eastern Turkey ANKARA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) - A third child died of bird flu at hospital in eastern Turkey early on Friday, the third human fatal case in the country since the disease was first detected in October 2005, semi-official Anatolia news agency

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U.S. experts arrive in Turkey to help fight bird flu
U.S. experts arrive in Turkey to help fight bird flu ANKARA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) - A U.S. team of influenza experts arrived in Turkey's eastern Erzurum province on Friday to try to help fight bird flu, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. "We are here to see and learn what has been done

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